Black Sex-Links

[ChickenAndMore]

I have been told that since black sex-links are hybrids there chicks are not "pure" sex-links. I have a BSL roo and was given 6 BSL hens to add to my flock. I have a chick from them and it is a few weeks old and has the gold neck feathers of the hen and the barring of the roo. What will it grow up to be?

 

[donrae]

None of the sex links breed true, so none of them are "pure" breeds of any sort.
A black sex link rooster has a 50/50 chance of having a barred offspring, regardless of gender, when bred to a non-barred hen. There's no way to tell gender from coloring, sorry. You'll have to wait for comb, leg thickness, sex feathers, etc.

 

[ChickenAndMore]

I'm sorry, I meant his/her color patterns not its gender. I see how I worded it and I'm sorry for the confusion.

 

[donrae]

It'll look a lot like the father in color, if it's barred. Males often have gold leakage in the hackles and saddle feathers. I've used a bsl rooster for a few seasons, just not back on a mostly black bird, so mine have more color.

 

[ChickenAndMore]

He is now fully feathered and he is blk/white barred over most of his body (not the breasts) and is Gold barred over his breasts.